Status Report (Hindenburg Style): Week 19

Feb 162010

Progress Report: Week 19
Weight:  237.4 lbs
BMI: 34.6
Weight loss so far:  3.0 lbs gained since last week,  27.6 lbs lost total

This past week was a total week of FAIL, in case you couldn’t tell by my weight gain.

Basically, I didn’t work out as much as I could, and I didn’t watch the diet at all.  It’s really as basic as that.

Being almost completely snowed in last week really through me off, and once I had dug my car out on Saturday (and dealt with TWO flat tires) I was too far gone.  I tried to make up for lost time at the gym over the weekend, but then yesterday came along and I was completely drained, to the point where my workout consisted of a mere 15 minutes on the ARC Trainer. Ugh.

I also completely bombed just about all of my goals. I bought a shovel and dug my car out, big whoop.  But I didn’t do enough overtime or study time, I didn’t run anywhere near 15 miles, and I didn’t even finish Week 1 for my 100 Pushups/200 Situps/200 Squats challenges.  So now I’m stuck with trying to restart them (because I do want to do them) and trying to get back on track with everything else.

I want to use this week, largely, to get my bearings back.  I’m dug out and able to go into the office, and they aren’t calling for anything Snowmageddons anytime soon, so hopefully I’ll be able to get back into my routine.

I’m also going to go focus on my diet this week.  Everything else can fall into place, but the diet wasn’t really in a good place to begin with.  Starting today I’m going to try counting calories again, and tonight I’m going to think of a list of trigger foods that need to be blacklisted.  I still think moderation is key, and you can still lose weight and not cut yourself off from anything, but I’m not there yet, so we’re going to tweak some things.

I want to thank you guys for your continued support (and Kat for trying to slap some sense into me in her blog comments :-P ), and I also wanted to thank you guys for humoring me with the Brainfreeze post. It seems like there was a decent amount of bumps in the road, but I’m glad that for the most part everyone is doing well.  I had been thinking of ways to have an “Open Mic” type thing going on with the occasional post, where don’t bog down the post with my own words, but I let you guys tell your stories in the comments.  That wasn’t really the way I wanted to start it, but it was nice to hear from you guys.

Okay, time to get back.  Wish me luck!

Brainfreeze

Feb 152010

I want to write, and I actually have a decent amount to write about, but my mind is a total jumble right now and I can’t get it out. WTF!!!!

I’ll try this again later, but in the meantime…

…How are you?

How was your weekend? 

Don’t be shy, you are among friends. You guys are my support system and a large part of my past and future successes are because of and dependent on you, so I’d like to know what’s going on in your world.  And not ALL of you are bloggers, so I’d really have no other way of knowing…

Challenges Update #6

Feb 122010

TGIF…finally.  The week of Blizzard 2010 has been dragging…

…but without further ado, here is my weekly Challenge Update.

HUNDRED PUSHUPS / TWO HUNDRED SITUPS / TWO HUNDRED SQUATS

I kind of did something stupid.  In checking out each challenge, I didn’t really do as much research as I should, particular in regards to what is considered “good form” for each of these challenges.  I’ve been doing the situps and the squats correctly, but apparently the “perfect form” situps are more of a crunch then they are an actual sit up.  With that said, I will be completed Week 1 Day 3 for the Pushups, and Week 3 Day 3 (starting at Week 3 instead of Week 1 based upon my initial test results). for the Squats, but I will be redoing the initial test for the Situps and restarting on Monday.  I want to thank Kat for bringing this to my attention :-P

For the purpose of recording here, I will go ahead and post the results of my 5th set for each day, where you try to do as many as you can.  Also, since I post in the morning and don’t usually do these workouts until the afternoon, I may have to update later.

  • One Hundred Pushups Week 1:  Day 1 Max: 7   // Day 2 Max:  10  // Day 3 Max: TBA
  • Two Hundred Situps Week 1:  Day 1 Max: 10 // Day 2 Max: 13 // Day 3 Max: TBA (will be redoing initial test for this challenge)
  • Two Hundred Squats Week 3: Day 1 Max: 30 // Day 2 Max: 40 // Day 3 Max: TBA

 

PERFECT 10 CHALLENGE

And here is my Perfect 10 update for the week:

  • Lose at least 15 pounds (starting weight 245 pounds)–10.6 pounds down, 3.4 more pounds to go.  I didn’t lose any weight this past week but I still believe that I am on track to meet this goal.
  • Run/walk/jog 200 miles–I am 123.55 miles into this challenge.  I’m falling behind a bit, but I’m not freaking out yet.
  • Strength train at least twice a week–I consider the Pushups/Situps/Squats Challenge to be strength training, and I will be doing my third day for the week today.  I haven’t done any other strength training.
  • Run a 5k road race–This goal is done. The next race is a 10 miler at the end of February.  I don’t know if I’m ready to take this race on, but I would like to try.
  • Finish at least one of this semesters college courses–Still working at it.  I will probably be scheduling the final for one of my courses soon though.
  • Beat Super Mario Brothers Wii–DONE!!!!!  SUCCESS!!! WooT!!!  I am now just trying to unlock all of the secret stuff, including World 9.

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    Steve is also asking we post something that noone knows about us, so here goes:   I was once dared to, and ate, a lemon wedge.  Big deal, right? Well, this was not just any lemon wedge, mind you, this lemon wedge was covered in sugar, sweet-n-low, salt, and pepper, then dipped in a mixture of soda, honey mustard, ketchup and barbecue sauce.  This event took place at Denny’s after High School Graduation rehearsal.  I still do stupid sh*t like that from time to time :-P

    HABIT.A.WEEK CHALLENGE

    Lyn from Escape from Obesity is hosting a Habit.A.Week Challenge. The goal is easy enough, to make a small change each work in order to live a healthier lifestyle.  The “habit” this week was to start eating more healthy fat, as in use less vegetable and corn oil, and more canola or olive oil.

    The only oil I use when cooking is Olive Oil, mainly because that’s all we have, but still.  Even then, I try to avoid using oil as much as possible and use alot of cooking sprays. My problem is that there hasn’t been much of ANY cooking going on recently.

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    How are YOU doing with your goals?

    Have a good weekend :)

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